1870, fifth weight unpaid folded lettersheet from Puerto Rico to St. Thomas with ship "Neva", there transshiped onto the "Seine" to Plymouth from there to Genoa, accountancy marking "G.B. 1F60C" and French Italian exchange marking "F*56" applied, upon arrival charged and postage due 1l. single and 2l. as vertical applied, all tied by cds. "GENOVA", adhesives with sime imperfections, scarce  

1 sgr. light brownish-red, horizontal strip of 3 with ample to wide margins, neatly cancelled by circle of 9 bars of Luxemburg, very fine, sign. Georg Bühler and certificate Böttger BPP (2018)

1919, Posen issue 5-10f., each tied by cds. "POZNAN 14.10.19" to small piece, fine, signed Jungjohann

1922, Definitive 2½d. imperforated colour proof in pale orange-brown, unused and mounted on chalk paper (40X40mm) with stamped number "3" on top, very fine and rare (Michel 44P

1860, Coat of arms 10k. rose/blue tied by numeral "297" with adjacent boxed bilingual "ZLOTORYA" to folded letter to Pilica, upper right corner of stamp added, otherwise fine, opinion Petriuk

NISH: "AN CANID-i POSTA-i NIS 257", good strike of negative seal on reverse of entire letter to Aleksence with linear cyrillic "ALEKSINAC" on front; the letter had been desinfected and resealed with red desinfection seal "KARATINZ ALEKSINACKHI"; a fine and rare cover to abroad

G. CARTER'S DESPATCH: 1849, 2c. black, three huge margins, close at left but margin includes small part of adjoining stamp, used with short pen stroke cancel and 1847 5 C. red brown with clear to large margins all round tied by blue grid cancel to folded lettersheet, with adjacent blue cds. "PHILADA. PA SEP 4 5cts" to New York, very fine and extremely rare combination franking, PF certificate. Provenance: Joseph Hackmey

2 ch. tied by Teheran cds. to picture side of postcard to France

1 d. red-brown, block of six with good margins all round, used with clear strikes of diamond "186" of Dublin, slight horizontal crease at bottom, otherwise fine

1870/71, Ziffer gezähnt: 1 Kr. schwarz, 3 senkrechte Paare, davon zwei als 4er-Block geklebt, mit EKr. "NÜRNBERG I 26/11" auf unfrankiertem Ortsbrief mit blauer Taxe "6x"; ein Wert mit angesetztem Eckzahn, sonst in guter und frischer Erhaltung; eine sehr seltene Mehrfachfrankatur, sign. Bela Sekula und Fotoattest Schmitt BPP

3. Südamerikafahrt, Brief (oben etwas verkürzt) Anschlußflug Berlin, Pracht 3rd SA flight, cover (slightly reduced at top), connecting flight from Berlin, fine

1983, Europe 5-5,50kr., five imperforated progressive proofs and finished stamp each, mounted on carton, fine

GENERAL REGISTRARS STAMPS: 50 s., block of six proofs on receipt paper of Shell Company of Estonia, with printing order number at bottom, dated 12.XI.37, ungummed, mentioned in footnote by  Kulo p.64. Very rare proof, very fine (Kulo P-2)

1853/61, Napoléon 1 fr. carmine in nice fresh colour and with good to large margins, tied by star cancel to entire letter from "PARIS 18 AVRIL 54" to Brignolles; a fine and scarce single franking, sign. Calves and Roumet and 2 certificates Robineau (1995 and 1997)

OFFICIAL: 1914/41, ½ a. indigo, inscription type B, Benns setting 21, sheet of 4, all stamps overprinted with type O1 on reverse instead of front, unused without gum as issued; interesting variety of philatelic status, certificate BPA (2019)

1878, Alfons XII. 25c. green two singles tied by oval "PORTO RICO 1 NOV 78" to folded lettersheet to Genoa with adjacent cds. "LIGNE PAQ. Fr. NO 3 1 NOV 78", fine

1 sgr. pale brownish-red (dark shade), horizontal strip of 3 with ample to good margins, tied by circle of 9 bars to piece, fine, sign. Goebel and Demuth BPP, certificate Böttger BPP (2016) (Prifix 2f)

1944, Coat of arms 25gr. red-brown as vertical pair imperforated in between, mint never hinged, fine, signed. 

1922, Definitive 2½d. imperforated colour proof in reddish-brown, unused and mounted on chalk paper (75X54mm) with stamped number "1" on top, very fine and rare (Michel 44P)

30 h., overprint from plate 2B, pos. 18, unmounted mint, several signatures and certificate Petriuk

"POSTAHANE-i NIS 1278", clear strike on entire letter 1862 to Monastir, very fine

GLEN HAVEN DAILY MAIL: 1c. black on green, three large margins, just touched at right together with 1851 3c. dull red, inner frame lines, ample to full margins, tied by cds "SCOTT N.Y. FEB 18" to pre-printed "J.C. JACKSON M.D. Watercure Physician. GLENHAVEN, N.Y." envelope to Whitestone, Long Island, slightly reduced at left, small faint waterstain on bottom, fine and a rare usage, certificate PF. Scott No. 71L3, 11

3 ch. tied to reverse of cover from Enzeli to Recht

1841, 2 d. blue, plate 3, horizontal strip of 4, DG-DJ, clear to wide margins, tied to entire letter 1849 from Ledbury to Port Philip, Australia, red "LONDON SHIPLETTER" partly tying the strip; one stamp very light bend due to letter contents, fine, certificate Pröschold BPP

"911" WENDELSTEIN, sauber auf 3 Kr. rosa, allseits breitrandig, auf kleinem Briefstück, ein sehr seltener Stempel, sign. Schmitt BPP mit Fotoattest

3. Südamerikafahrt, Brief mit DR/Vatikan-Frankatur nach Kolumbien, Kabinett 3rd SA flight, cover with mixed franking Germany/Vatican to Columbia, very fine

1985, Europe 6,5-7,50kr., five imperforated progressive proofs and finished stamp each, mounted on carton, fine

Revenue stamped papers - stamped bill of exchange forms. Fiscal duty stamps were affixed to bills of exchange until May 1, 1923, then official bill of exchange forms with imprinted stamps replaced the fiscal duty stamps. The forms could be purchased at banks and post offices. The sale price of the forms amounted to 0,2% of the denomination and is indicated at the top right of each form. The imprinted stamp at the left of the form shows a design with the Estonian coat of arms, the denomination of the form and "Riigi Trükikoda" (=State Printing Office) . The Marka and the Kroon series show slightly different Estonian coats of arms. Stamped bill of exchange forms "Vekslipaber", 20 Mk "PROOW", 50 Mk used, 100 Mk. used and 500 Mk "PROOW" without printed text and lines probably essay. Kulo p.89 (Kulo 4, 7, 8, 12)  

1862, Napoléon perforated 20 c. blue in vertical tête-bêche pair, tied by clear GC "453" to entire letter from "BERRE 12 SEPT 67" to Marseille, stamps slight decentered, otherwise very fine and fresh, sign. Roumet and von der Weid with certificate (1986)

1929, Landscape postcards 3 p. and 3 p.+3 p. blue on buff, unused, very fine (H&G 1-2)

1879, Coat of arms 1c. green and 10c. black tied by wonderfully contrasting red grid of diamonds to mourning cover endorsed "via Panama" to Roma with red cds. "ADMINISTRACION de SUCHITOTO. ABR 16 1882" alongside, a small, completely irrelevant tear at the bottom of 1c. adhesive does not disturb the excellent appearance of this scarce entire

1 sgr. pale brownish-red, horizontal strip of 3 with ample to large margins, neatly cancelled by 3 clear strikes of rural cancel of Wiltz, very fine, certificate Böttger BPP (2017)

1944, RTRP 25gr. with upper sheet margin, imperforated at right, mint never hinged, signed Wieclaw with certificate (Fischer Nr. 346s)

1922, Definitive 2½d. imperforated colour proof in violet, mounted on chalk paper (72X135mm) with stamped number "12" on top, very fine and rare (Michel 44P)

90 h., overprint from plate 1, pos. 72, unmounted mint, several signatures and certificate Petriuk (2015)

SENIZA: "SJENICA", all arabic double circle clear on 1892, 1 pia. blue on reverse of cover; somewhat roughly opened and some marginal tears; a very scarce cancellation